An analyst argues that a long-running security breach inside Hezbollah’s political and military structure is allowing Israel to consistently uncover the group’s secrets and eliminate its senior commanders.
The latest example is the assassination of Haitham al-Tabtabai, “Abu Ali,” described by Israel as Hezbollah’s chief of staff, in Haret Hreik in Beirut’s southern suburbs — the heart of the terrorist organization. His killing, deep in what should be Hezbollah’s safest stronghold, shows that Israeli intelligence is still penetrating Hezbollah’s security apparatus and receiving a constant flow of high-grade information.
On this basis, Israel carries out precise assassinations and steadily erodes Hezbollah’s military and security capabilities.
According to the analyst, this stems from two core problems: